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ADD​/​Nihilism

by Retail Monkey

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TRAPPED... INCESSANT DENIAL // LOOK ALIVE // ANXIETY... GRINDING TEETH... INSURRECTION... NIHILISM // LOOK ALIVE // EEEEEE... FUCK
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IRONY IN SELF-DEFENSE... ASPECTS OF MODERN LIFE... LURKING // YES WE MUST ANNIHILATE US // MURMURS MISTAKEN // SHOCKWAVE CYNICISM IN SIGHT OF A DIFFERENT PATH... SHOCKWAVES HEREAFTER LOST IN DOUBLE VISION
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A PARADIGM... SOLEMN UNCERTAINTY... THESE BLEEDING SKIES WILL TELL ME EVERYTHING... I NEED TO KNOW...* WAS IT A CONTROLLED REACTION? // BLIGHT // THEY GET OFF ON THE TASTE OF BLOOD // CAUGHT RED HANDED... CONTAMINATION OVERLOAD... YET WE IGNORE IN THE NAME OF CONVENTION // ONE VOICE, SILENCED?... COMPLICIT IN VIOLENCE // FUCK YOU AND YOUR SMOKE FILLED ROOMS
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IT'S TIME THE IDOLS MET THEIR FATE... REDEMPTION... OBLITERATION... I STRIKE // EXORCISM... GET OUT... UNHOLY SPLINTERS... FRACTURED... IN PIECES // THEY FACE ILLUMINATION... THEY FACE ELIMINATION... I'LL PISS ON THE HEADSTONE*
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MARK MY HANDS... MARK MY EYES // DENY // PERMANENCE?... DELUSION // GONNA DIE... IN DUE TIME... DIE // GONNA DIE IN NO TIME IN REVERENCE TO THE FACE OF ALL CONCLUSION... UNMANIFEST WITHOUT PERCEPTION
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EXISTENCE IS FUTILE... TIME SLIPS AWAY // ASHES IN A TRASH CAN DEEP IN THIS LAKE OF SHALLOWS... YOU'RE SINKING JUST IN TIME... ONE HUNDRED VULTURES CIRCLE // STREAMS OF GREEN AND ORANGE PAPER POUR OUT OF HIS MOUTH AND DOWN THE CITY DRAIN // ALTERED UNCONSCIOUSNESS... INHUMAN ASCENSION // ARISE FROM THE OUTSIDE... TRANSMIT INTO THE SKY...* WITH TIME WORDS DISSOLVE
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RESONATING FALLACY... SERPENT WHISPERS... SHATTERED TEETH... UNAWARE THAT WE'RE ALREADY IN RUINS // UNENDING GHOST MOTION... WHERE'S YOUR VISION OF CONSEQUENCE? // SLIP INTO PARANOID DREAMS... GOOD NIGHT WAKING LIFE // LEECH... GONE TODAY // BUT YOU'RE HERE AGAIN... THOUGH ALL THAT'S LEFT ARE BONES... NOTHING THERE... A PAIR OF EMPTY TEMPLES // IMPOSSIBLE... LIVING INSIDE THIS VORTEX... WHERE'S YOUR VISION OF CONSEQUENCE?
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ANCIENTS FALL AT THE APEX OF CARBON DIOXIDE // DON'T TELL ME OF THE OUTSIDE... DON'T TELL ME OF AN UPROAR OF BIRDS... DON'T TELL ME IT'S WORLDWIDE... DON'T TELL ME OF ANNIHILATION // DEAD LEAVES... DUNE SEAS... PLANET EARTH IS DYING
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LEAD ME FROM THE WATER... NAVIGATE SHIFTING LANDSCAPES... AFRAID OF GRAVITY // THESE BARBAROUS WASTES DON'T BELIEVE IN DROWNING // TWISTING FATES LEFT IN A FOREST OF IMPALED CORPSES AND SQUANDERED MINDS // ACCIDENTAL SUICIDE... ASSISTED SUICIDE... ANOTHER SUICIDE // CHATTERING CYCLOPS CLAIMS ANOTHER VICTIM
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Rats 00:23
RATS SCRAMBLE TO HIDE // STUCK IN THE EASY WAY OUT...* LIVING CONTRADICTION...* I DON'T HAVE TO LISTEN... LIVING PILE OF BULLSHIT // FUCK
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TORTURED SEA OF HANDS LURCHING IN THE TWILIGHT // INTO DETAIL... AMPLITUDE INCARCERATE // OCEANS DEHYDRATE... A STATE OF INEXISTENCE, PAROXYSMS, AND OXYGEN
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LIGHT IT... SET IT ON FIRE AND INHALE THE SMOKE // CAN'T SHAKE THESE CIRCLES FROM UNDER MY EYES... MISTAKES ARE ALL I SEE // TREMBLING WITH INDIGNATION... I GRIN... READING ENTRAILS... THE PRISMS OF POSSIBLE LIVES // AND YES I HAVE COME TO FIND... UNEASY LAUGHTER... ABANDONED HOMES... ANCIENT PIERS... GHASTLY APPARITIONS... A HUGE WAD OF CASH WITHOUT A PANIC BUTTON
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BOATS RAN ASHORE... GRIM DOPPELGANGERS... TAR COLLECTORS... THE FACTS OF THIS FUTURE WE LIVE IN NOW... DEGENERACY IS TREASON... RUN BACK TO THE HOARDE // THE PRISMS OF POSSIBLE LIVES... WORLDWIDE EXPECTATION... THOUSANDS OF CRANES BUILDING OBLITERATION... ADDICTION TO FEAR // WE KNOW... ENSHROUDED IN THIS CLOAK OF BEING THERE'S AN AGENDA // TURNS OUT YOU CAN'T HIDE... OBLIVION IS RIGHT BEHIND YOU... SADLY IT'S TOO LATE
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HONESTLY? YOU'RE WRITING A FUCKING CHECK? // YOU'RE HOLDING UP THE LINE... GET A DEBIT CARD
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THE CROWD WAS ELECTRIFIED // THEY TELL THE LIES... THEY TERRORIZE... IN THE NAME OF AUTHOR OF ORIGIN JUXTAPOSITION // INGEST IT WITHOUT QUESTION // ENDURE LEGACIES OF ASHES... SCORCHED EARTH POLICY... WHAT'S LEFT?... A WASTELAND // NO... EVERYTHING IS FINE
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WHEN I SAY C9 WHAT COMES TO YOUR MIND?... RICE PAPER IN THE SHREDDER SHREDDING MICHAEL DAILEY... THE MEN IN SUITS GRABBING THE BARS OF MY MIND // CONFISCATE THESE FILES... INCINERATE THEM... AN OFFER SENT HIGH... POLLUTION... RISE // NONSENSE... THE ESSENCE OF THE GREAT SHIFT... TRUTH IS IN THE EYES OF WHO BEHOLDS // NEFARIOUS COSMIC... OBTUSE LOGIC... A BLANK STATE AFTER DAWN... AN INEXCUSABLE INHUMANITY INDEFENSIBLE IN PRINCIPLE // BUT THESE WORDS ARE CRAFTED THROUGH ILLEGITIMATE MEANS // INFEST... DIGRESS... HARVEST // THAT WHICH KILLS ME ONLY MAKES ME STRONGER // IN THE CORNER OF A DUMPSTER... FROM THE HEAVENS... IDEALS... A WISH NEVER GRANTED // I WAS BORN BY THE ATOMIC CLOCK... IT'S TOO LATE FOR US IN THE TIME OF SHEDDING AND COLD ROCKS... NOT MOVING IN SPACE BUT MOVING IN TIME // WHITE PILLARS IN FRONT OF A FOUNTAIN EVAPORATE... EVISCERATE // ECSTATIC STATE AS A DISGUISE // LOCO, CRAZY, INSANE...* WE LACK OUR OWN SELVES FOREVER... DOUBLE TAKE... NEVER GOING FASTER... DOUBLE TAKE // DESPITE WHAT YOU THINK YOU KNOW... SEEK AND YOU WILL FIND THERE'S NO MEANING IN MEANING

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released January 26, 2017

Instrumentals written by Stephen Navarrete, Joel Freeman, and Jon Lervold collaboratively over the internet via MIDI-based guitar tab software between 2004 and 2006.

We were teenagers at the time. Since we used TabIt to compose, we were able to write whatever the hell we wanted with no limitations based on how ridiculous or unplayable it seemed to us. We never figured real, recorded versions would exist. After spending another decade making music, it was within reach.

This album was performed, tracked, edited, mixed, and mastered by Jon Lervold at Big Name Recording Studio in Olympia, WA between January 2015 and November 2016. Vocals were written in early 2016.
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Interlude 3 was graciously provided for use by the original artist, Publio Delgado. You can find his work here: www.youtube.com/user/vendidou
and here: facebook.com/publiomusic

Pulling off my Eyelids with a Pair of Pliers contains writing contributions by Alexander Galavodas, Mark Solomon, and Joseph Malicke.

Released on Big Name Records
BNR1700
bignamerecords.com

jonlervold.com

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